Trends stories

While COVID-19 marked 2020 and 2021, 2022 is set to be a year of recovery with organisations settling into new ways of working.>>

With more than 30 years in the industry, HID Global is in a unique position to identify key enablers, disruptive events, and game-changing developments that will shape the security landscape in 2022.>>

This is the first year-over-year decline following six consecutive quarters of growth. For the year, PC shipments reached 339.8 million units in 2021, a 9.9% increase from 2020.>>

In a post-pandemic world, with many buildings standing empty or only partially filled, what trends can we expect to see in office spaces that will draw people back and ensure maximum occupancy in the office? >>

"As we head into 2022, it’s heartening to see our market adapt and evolve into one that’s more effective and resilient with leadership taking the inherent challenges in stride.”>>

“Marketers must recognise that consumers are in the midst of an exhausting practical and spiritual overhaul. That presents an opportunity for their brands to be facilitators of change.">>

Alibaba DAMO Academy has released its forecast of the leading trends it believes will shape the tech industry in 2022.>>

The growth of the overall consumer IoT market is expected to be driven by the growing adoption of connected healthcare devices such as remote monitoring equipment and heart-rate monitoring devices.>>

“IoT in the Asia Pacific excluding Japan (APEJ) markets continues to grow steadily across multiple industries including transportation, retail, manufacturing, resources and utilities.">>

ABI Research's 2022 trend report identifies the two industrial, collaborative, and industrial robotics market trends that will deliver in 2022 -and the one that won't.>>

The Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) market size is expected to grow from US$3.7 billion in 2021 to US$13.9 billion by 2026, at a compound annual growth rate of 30.3% during the forecast period.>>

By 2024, 20% of large organisations will use digital currencies for payments, stored value or collateral, according to the analyst firm Gartner.>>

In Q3 2021 there has been a decrease in the number of unique cyber attacks, however there’s been an increase in the share of attacks against individuals, and also a rise in attacks involving remote access malware.>>

Shifts in household savings, economic growth, leisure travel recovery and consumer spending on stuff versus experiences are in focus as businesses continue to move digital.>>

IDC has explored what the cyber threat landscape will look like in the new year, with a few key predictions around different attack models and possible solutions.>>

With 2022 guaranteed to show continued growth and development in HR tech software, Nick Bailey from WorkForce Software lays out several key insights for the year to come.>>

“Over the last 12 months, it is clear that attackers are relentlessly trying to access the networks of trusted suppliers in the IT and communications sector.">>

Semiconductor revenue rose 7.6% in Q3 2021 from Q2 2021, and climbed above $150 billion in revenue during a single quarter.>>

Nearly nine in ten Aussies say they were dissatisfied with their experiences as customers in 2021, according to the Qualtrics 2022 Global Consumer Trends.>>

"The evolving remote workplace is surely accentuating challenges for businesses as legacy software like Microsoft struggles to keep up in today’s accelerated digital world.">>

In this insights and trends piece, Loizou and Toolin unpack the key innovations and trends driving customer engagement, loyalty and retention for the year ahead.>>

Moving into 2022, with COVID still front of mind, there are interesting and immediate implications when it comes to investing in innovation as a result of the pandemic.>>

While it will take time for the long-term effects of the pandemic on businesses to be fully realised, some of the most significant impacts that have emerged are in the customer experience (CX) arena.>>

"For many critical problems, classical computing will run out of steam in the next decade and we will see quantum computing take over as the next generation of performance-intensive computing.”>>